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John Andrews

1736 – 1809

English historical writer and pamphleteer

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Lived 1736 – 1809 (aged 72–73). John Andrews was a British historian and pamphleteer.

John Andrews (1736–1809) was a historical writer and pamphleteer.

Works Andrews produced numerous works. Among these are:

History of the Revolutions of Denmark, etc., 1774. History of War with America, France, Spain, and Holland, commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783, four vols., London, 1785–86. Letters to his Excellency the Count de Welderen on the present Situation of Affairs between Great Britain and the United Provinces, London, 1781 (of which a Dutch translation appeared in the same year at Amsterdam). Letters to a Young Gentleman on his setting out for France, containing a survey of Paris and a review of French literature, 1784. Historical Review of the Moral, Religious, Literary, and Political Character of the English Nation, 1806.

The Gentleman's Magazine for February 1809 has the following obituary announcement: "At his house at Kennington, Surrey, in his seventy-third year, Dr. John Andrews, a gentleman well known in the literary world. By his death the nation is deprived of an able historian, a profound scholar and politician, and a man ever ready to take up his pen in his country's cause".

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Born
1736
Birth century
Died
1809

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Who was John Andrews?

English historical writer and pamphleteer (1736-1809)

When was John Andrews born?

John Andrews was born in 1736.

When did John Andrews die?

John Andrews died in 1809.

What was John Andrews's occupation?

John Andrews was a historian and pamphleteer.

What nationality was John Andrews?

John Andrews was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Andrews

· Wikidata: Q15433771

· DBpedia: John Andrews (historical writer)

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